Sleeping in an Igloo! It’s one of those weird things I’ve always wanted to try, so when my family wanted to know what to get me for my birthday I sent them a link to the Igludorf.com website. The response was mixed… “Omg, it’s like extreme SAS survival training!”, and “But how do you sleep […]
Before we get started, here’s some rules about canal boat conduct: Always pass other boats on the right. Always pass other boats at walking pace. Do not intentionally ram other boats at top speed. And while we’re at it, here are a few facts about the boats themselves: They are long and narrow. Kind of […]
Four adults on a relaxing, 4-night canal boat cruise. What could possibly go wrong? Unfortunately, when three of the adults are Slaters, things are bound to get interesting… It’s always been a dream of ours to try living aboard a narrow boat, and drift along the English countryside on the canals, occasionally winding a lock […]
It’s strange, but the more we travel the more we actually aspire to own our own home! Maybe we are sick of packing everything we own up into boxes in my poor Dad’s spare room, or maybe we’ve just been to so many amazing properties. We are constantly collecting cool ideas for our future. And […]
I’ve been thinking for a while about how to do justice to this blog, when a) I’m incredibly busy writing the next book, and b) I’m incredibly lazy. Then an idea struck me – actually, it was Roo that struck me (though I still maintain that it didn’t hurt. It was the surprise that made […]